Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 released

Mozilla Corporation has released Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 1, a developer preview release for Mozilla's next generation Thunderbird. This build is designed for testers.

According to Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 Release Notes, new features in this build:

• Message Tags
  
• Visual Theme
  
• Session History Navigation
  
• Folder Views
  
• Improved Support For Extensions
  
• Improved Offline Management
  
• Folder Summary Popups
  
• Saved Search Folder Performance
  
• Find As You Type
  
• Improved Filing Tools
  
• Updates to the extension system

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Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 requires:

• Mac OS X 10.2.x and later
  Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
  128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
  200 MB hard drive space


• Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
  glibc 2.3.2, gtk+2.0, XFree86-3.3.6, fontconfig (also known as xft), libstdc++5
  Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU (Recommended: 500MHz or greater)
  64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
  52 MB hard drive space


• Windows 98 or later (Windows XP recommended)
  Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
  64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
  52 MB hard drive space

If you'd like to help Mozilla test out Thunderbird 2 Beta 1, you can get it below:
Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 (Mac OS X)
Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 (Linux)
Thunderbird 2 Beta 1 (Windows)

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